Eric “Eazy-E” Wright passed away 12 years ago after succumbing to the AIDS virus. His legacy and influence, however, is still felt today. As one of the founding members of N.W.A, Eazy was one of the ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Sep. 4, 1996: While the hip-hop world was still mourning the loss of N.W.A founder Eazy-E in 1995, his Cleveland protégés, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, ...

The FBI has released a file on Tupac "2Pac" Shakur that reveals the rapper and N.W.A. founder Eazy-E were targets of an extortion plot by alleged terrorist organization the Jewish Defense League.

On this day 32 years ago in 1993, Eazy-E released his second solo EP, It’s On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa, a ruthless response record that became one of the most explosive moments in Hip Hop history. Just ...

Eazy, whose real name Eric Wright, was a native of the California city and propelled West Coast rap into the spotlight as a member of NWA. A block of Auto Drive will be named after him. Good morning.

Soon, you can be cruising down Eazy Street in your ’64. In September, the Compton City Council unanimously voted to rename the 100 block of Auto Drive South, which runs off of Alameda Street and into ...

Here’s a legal filing with attitude. The son of deceased N.W.A rapper Eazy-E has fired back in a lawsuit filed by the company owned by Eazy-E’s widow, claiming that the company “made false, material ...